7 walks, 5 errors key 5-4 victory

1:00 AM,
May 24, 2013

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Written by

Bob White
| Special to The Courier-Journal

The Eastern High School baseball team managed only two hits, but the Eagles found other ways to score and rallied to beat Christian Academy 5-4 in the 28th District Tournament final Thursday evening at Kentucky Country Day.

"We battled back when we were behind, and we showed a lot of heart," said first baseman Chris Davis, whose RBI double ignited a four-run fifth inning for the Eagles (20-16) of first-year coach Tom Watson.

Their only other hit came when Brandon Gali led off the first inning with a double. He moved to third on a groundout and scored when the shortstop bobbled Davis' groundball. ...